... Yes, it did indeed, in 1994! More importantly, it came pretty close in 1992, which may be of help to my colleague. ... believe all of the observations of...
Hi Fiona, At least a few times, I've seen an MPEC for an unusual object, run its astrometry through to generate an orbit, and found an extremely low Jupiter...
Fiona, Besides those already mentioned, the famous case of Comet Lexell (D/1770 L1) also fits. In Comets: A Descriptive Catalog (Enslow, 1984), Gary Kronk ...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 1, 2010 10:08 pm
Nov. 1, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@... DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 ...
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Edward Bowell
elgb@...
Nov 1, 2010 10:42 pm
Speaking of small Jupiter MOIDs, you might like to look at the list pointed to from http://asteroid.lowell.edu/asteroid/loneos/moid.html. Note that orbits from...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 2, 2010 6:04 pm
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-365 NASA's Comet Mission May Face Multiple Jets Nov. 4 Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 01, 2010 Two...
Before I pester the good folks at the MPC, has anyone received designations from submitted observations? I've sent two batches over the last few days and...
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Dave Tholen
tholen@...
Nov 3, 2010 12:19 am
... Well, considering that the October MPCs aren't out yet, what do you think?...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 3, 2010 12:21 am
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-367 NASA Spacecraft on Final Approach Toward Comet Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 02, 2010 The EPOXI...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 3, 2010 12:23 am
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-368 The Man Behind Comet Hartley 2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 02, 2010 Over the last 40 years,...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 3, 2010 12:35 am
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE SENT: Nov. 2, 2010 FROM: Alan Fischer Public Information Office Planetary Science Institute 520-622-6300 ...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 3, 2010 12:37 am
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/02nov_epoxi2/ Cometary Poison Gas Geyser Heralds Surprises NASA Science News Nov. 2, 2010: As NASA's...
But it DOES get the attention of the public, which is pretty much the aim of such press. It worked to frighten the world in 1910, so why not use it again? Clay...
Observatory Code D89 (Yamagata) has just (Nov 3.85) submitted astrometry of a moving 10th magnitude object at about RA 12:35:05 Dec -02:02 which corresponds...
... Rather 30 degrees according to NEOCP ephems (exactly 32.2 deg at the moment). The "near the Sun gap" that never any NEO survey will cover and will remain a...
Correction for this NEOCP object: solar elongation = 32 deg, ie. close to the Sun. It should be visible from the northern hemisphere in the early morning...
Moderator's note: MPC usually frowns on public reports of objects with a cometary nature so other observers are not influenced by their reports Richard...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 4, 2010 12:29 am
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-370 NASA Mission in Final Day Before Comet Meetup Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 03, 2010 PASADENA,...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 4, 2010 1:08 am
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_10_31_10.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman October 31, 2010 Dear Dawnoweens, Continuing its journey to collect treats...
Hi folks, This object, MPECed here: http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K10/K10V32.html bears some watching. It doesn't have the energy it would take to...
Our confirmation image of comet "2010 V1": http://bit.ly/cJZP7n http://bit.ly/dxonMM Congratulations to Ikeya and Murakami for this discovery!! Ciao, Ernesto...
I have just started optimising my astrometry program and have reprocessed two asteroid runs. The residuals were uploaded and checked on the 'fitsblink' web ...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 4, 2010 5:07 pm
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-371 NASA Mission Successfully Flies by Comet Hartley 2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 04, 2010 PASADENA,...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 4, 2010 5:16 pm
Nov. 4, 2010 David Weaver Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.s.weaver@... RELEASE: 10-293 NASA ADMINISTRATOR STATEMENT ON THE SUCCESSFUL EPOXI...
... The above said implies that people who focus on finding new NEOs are practically *not* affected by the new discovery rules. The amateur NEO survey LSSS...
Just my luck last week I found 5 objects in the 20th magnitude range not in the current MPCORB. After getting the standard designations on the second night,...
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Ron Baalke
baalke@...
Nov 4, 2010 10:45 pm
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-373 NASA EPOXI Flyby Reveals New Insights Into Comet Features Jet Propulsion Laboratory November 04, 2010 ...
Superb images... Interesting to see the central smooth part. No geysers there. Some people will have to work on cometquake models... Sounds like the type of...
